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Town of Graiguenamanagh

Graiguenamanagh Graigenamanagh, east of Kilkenny on the Carlow border, has a fine situation at a bend of the River Barrow, overlooked by Brandon Hill (1694 feet) on the south. The approach to the town from the West gives beautiful views, with the long ridge of the Blackstairs Mountains in the background. Graiguenamanagh was at one time a place of ecclesiastical importance; it is now a prosperous market town. Salmon and trout fishing is available on the River Barrow and there is also excellent coarse fishing.

Kilkenny County Facts

Land Area: 1,693 km

County Town: Kilkenny

Code: KK

Population: 80,339 (2002)

Province: Leinster

Amusing Pubs In Kilkenny

music and barKilkenny is a very pretty and well laid-out town full of little winding streets and turn-of-the-century shop fronts, making it a perfect place to visit. Kilkenny (Bed and Breakfasts, Kilkenny, Ireland) has firmly recognized itself as the nations liveliest inland city, with non-stop entertainment throughout the sunny season and plenty enough craic, with some 100,000 international visitors passing through the city every year.

Town of Callan

Callan, KilkennyCallan, in the centre of a fertile plain, is an ancient market town which was strongly fortified in medieval times. Corporate rights were granted to the town in 1271. In 1408 there was a battle here in which the Prince of Ossory and 800 of his men were slain by the English. There are some remains of the fifteenth-century Augustinian priory founded by Sir James Butler, and traces of the castle which was bombarded by Cromwell in 1650. In the main street stands a handsome memorial in Kilkenny limestone to Edmund Ignatius Rice (1762-1844), founder of the Irish Christian Brothers. James Hoban, architect of the White House at Washington. D.C., was born near Callan in 1762. Robert Fulton, designer of the first steamship was born here in 1765.

Town of Castlecomer

Castlecomer, KilkennyThis attractive little town in the hilly northern part of Kilkenny lies in a wooded valley where the River Dinin is joined by a tributary from the west. Though the centre of the country’s largest coalfield (now worked out) the neighbourhood has a scenic charm not usually associated with colliery areas. The district was once part of the terriority of the O’ Brenans, who were finally dispossessed in the seventeenth century, but are still numerous in the area. A biennial Brennan family rally has been held here.